Prophet Jesus' original name was
Isa (eesa)
as shown below. Even in Latin,
it is Iesu, and in Greek it is Iesus.
In Arabic, it is Isa (eesa). It is
literally pronounced as Eesa in Arabic. There is a great deal
of evidence that Jesus spoke and preached also
in Arabic. Not only that, but Greek wasn't
even that popular in Palestine.

Sadly, we have seen Christian Missionary
activity focused primarily on derailing Islam now more than any other period in history.
Thus, we witness numerous charades and parodies coming from them in their attempts to
twist, manipulate and outright molest historical and etymological facts. These polemics
range from a variety of utterly hilarious to outright abusive and cruel. However, as a
disclaimer, a distinction should be made between the "Christian Missionary" and
the Christian. The view of Christians in Islam is a benevolent one:

"And nearest among them in love to the
believers wilt thou find those who say, "We are Christians": because amongst
these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not
arrogant." [al-Qur'an, Surat al-Maa'idah, 5:82]

On the other hand, the "Christian
Missionary" variety is in a genre of its own. Their tactics have been seen the world
over, whereby they maintain a "Bread for Bibles" policy in the indigent third
world, and are even seen dressed as Muslim clerics teaching the Bible in Arabic to
unwitting non-Arab Muslims who are told they are learning the Qur'an. Such deception and
forceful proselytization saw its early dawn in the Crusaders of the last millenium who
sojourned across Europe to displace the Muslims from Jerusalem. However, in the end it was
their own undoing and they only succeeded in permanently destroying and weakening their
Christian brethren in Byzantium by sacking its capital, Constantinople. Likewise, the
Christian Missionary movement has only bred their own undoing: My genre. As the first word
in our Qur'an is "Read", thus when we meet the Missionaries and their claims we
read everything about their scripture to the point that we learn it better than they
themselves. In the end such refutations are produced to which rebuttals are impossible and
the result is Islam being the fastest growing religion in the Christian world, in spite of
their efforts to derail Islam's insurmountable growth worldwide.

One such dishonest Christian Missionary
polemic has been the allegation that when the Qur'an uses the name "`Eesa" for
Jesus it was actually a mistake on the part of the Prophet Muhammad . They allege that out
of contempt, the Jews called Jesus "Esau" after the rejected brother of Jacob as
recorded in the Book of Genesis. Having supposedly heard this disparaging epithet for
Jesus from the Jews, the Christian Missionaries allege that he recorded it by accident in
the Qur'an as the name of Jesus.

Not withstanding the fact that there has
never existed a single word even hinting at this in any document of recorded history, it
is completely erroneous logically. Considering that the Muslims accept Jesus Christ as the
Messiah, why would The Prophet Muhammad choose to take the name of Jesus from the
Jews who rejected him instead of the Christians?

While conducting the research necessary to
refute this fallacious Missionary argument, I came across some amazing facts which I did
not expect to find. Much of it I could not even dream of documenting on a single web page,
and as you will notice, the attempt to include as much as I could made this page very
lengthy as it is. I do fully intend on sharing the remainder of my documentation piece by
piece as time permits. For now here is a brief summary of the research which over all took
over a week to conduct, and lost me a whole lot of sleep.

Addendum (12/18/2000):

In this second edition, I have included more
details and deleted some which I felt were unnecessary or tasking of the reader. Upon such
deletions I have inserted notes as the reason why in blue and
a link to access the previous version. Most of the information has been added under
"Theories on the Origin of the Messiah's Name" in which I have presented
additional theories which I feel are strong historically as well as ethymologically.
Please feel free to contact me with
any questions and/or comments.

The Muslim world knows Jesus Christ as
"al-MaseeHu `Eesa" meaning "Jesus the Messiah". This is illustrated in
the following verse of the Qur'

"When
the angels said to Mary, 'O Mary! Allah gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him. His
name will be 'al-MaseeHu `Eesa', the son of Mary; Honorable in this world and in the
hereafter, and from those who are near (to Allah)."
[al-Qur'aan, Surah Aal-`Imraan, 3:45]

- "al-MaseeHu
`Eesa" - "al-MaseeH" is Arabic for " The Messiah" and
"`Eesa" is the name used for Jesus in the Qur'an.

The names "`Eshaw" and
"`Eesa" are completely unrelated etymologically and lexically. "Esau"
is Latinization of the Biblical Hebrew name for Jacob's twin brother, `Eshaw, who was
disavowed. This name is spelled:

This is an archaic word which literally means
"hairy". It refers to one who has a hairy and dark body. This fact is
illustrated in the following Biblical verse:

"The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; so they called his name Esau."
[Genesis 25:25, RSV]

Due to Esau's dark and murky color, and the
hair which enveloped his body, he was named "`Eshaw" meaning "covered with
hair".

The corresponding word for this in Arabic is
A`thaa with the trilateral root
"AYN, THAA, YAA". This word, likewise, means covered with hair. In Ibn
ManTHoor's cohesive and authoritative work on the Arabic language entitled "Lisaan
al-`Arab" (The Arabic Tongue), he states:

"`Athaa: al-`athaa:
Having a murky color with an abundance of hair; al-a`tha:
an abundance of ugly and coarse hair; i.e. al-untha
`athwaa' (fem. "hairy woman", i.e. hag); al-`uthwatu: coarse head hair, matted in spite of being combed; `athi:
old person's hair; `athwaa, a`thaa, perhaps a reference to a hairy man is "a`thi"; an old man is "`athwaa'";
a`tha: Hyenas.." ["`Athaa" Lisaan al-`Arab, Ibn ManTHoor]

About the name of Jacob's twin
brother "Esau", Gesenius' Hebrew Lexicon states:

(Left) Gesenius'
Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon of the Old Testament, H.W.F. Gesenius, 6215, page 658; the page was
scanned for indisputable authenticity of sources.

Note that Gesenius himself
refers to the Arabic word "`Athaa" as it is the obviously correlating word to
"`Eshaw". The Qur'anic name for Jesus is not related by any stretch of etymology
to the words "`Eshaw", or "`Athaa'".

Thus, for the Missionaries to argue any
further that the Qur'anic name "`Eesa" for Jesus has any relation to the Hebrew
name for Jacob's disavowed twin brother is to dispute canonized authorities in Semitic
etymology and to further discredit themselves.

JESUS' NAME ACCORDING TO
CHRISTIANITY

III. WAS JESUS' NAME
"YAHUSHUWA`" OR "YESHUA`" AND DID BOTH MEAN "SAVIOR"?

Was his name
"Yahushuwa`"?

- YAHUSHUWA` - This is theorized to be a combination
of "Yahweh" and "Yasha`" meaning "Jehovah is Salvation".
This was the name of Moses' companion Joshua Ben-Nun who is referred to as
"Yasa`" in the Qur'an.

The problem with this theory is that there
were several people in the Tanach named "Yahushuwa`":

1.Yahushuwa` (Joshua) the son of Nun,
companion of Moses, subject of the Old Testament Book of Joshua.
2. Yahushuwa` (Joshua) the Bethshemite (1 Samuel 6:18)
3. Yahushuwa`, (Joshua) governor of Jerusalem under King Hosiah (2 Kings 23:8)
4. Yahushuwa`, (Joshua) son of Josedech (Haggai 1:1) and so forth...

However, there exists not a single shred of
historical evidence that the historical "Jesus" was ever called
"Yahushuwa`" in his lifetime. All the aforementioned had this name, yet their
names were not transliterated into "Jesus" or "Ieosus". They
were transliterated as "Joshua". Thus, we must conclude that "Jesus"
was a name very dissimilar to "Yahushuwa`" (Joshua) since it was transliterated
by the early Biblical writers into the incongruent "Ieosus" and then later
"Jesus". However, the closest thing to a reference of any executed figure in
Jesus' time period is the Talmudic entry:

"On the eve of the Passover, Yeshua` was hanged..." [Babylonia Sanhedrin 43A]

One will find this quoted repeatedly in
Christian polemics trying to prove the historicity of Jesus. However, this is erroneous
due to the following reasons: First this mentions someone named "Yeshua`" and
not "Yahushuwa`" who was hung on the eve of Passover. Second, there is nothing
to say or support that this was the Biblical "Jesus". As will be further
illustrated in the next section, both the names "Yeshua`" and
"Yahushuwa`" were very common amongst the Israelites prior to Jesus' lifetime.
This brings us to our next supposition regarding his name.

Was his name
"Yeshua`"?

- Yeshua` - This name is rooted in the word "yasha`" meaning "safety" in
Hebrew. Christians attempt to proselytize their theories of a "man-god" Jesus by
saying this name of his meant "Salvation". The Problem with that theory is the
fact that this name means "He is saved".
If he is God then who saved him? If this name is a sign of divinity then what of the
others with the name Yeshua`? Were they the "only begotten son of God" as well?
Obviously not, as no Jews ever held this erroneous idea.

"Now these are the children of the
province that went up out of the captivity...Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah..." [Ezra 2:2]

"The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah," [I Chronicles 24:11]

"And next him were Eden, and
Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and
Shecaniah..." [II Chronicles 31:15]

"And next to him repaired
Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah.."
[Nehemiah 3:19]

Each and every one of these people have the
name "Yeshua`" spelled
exactly how the Christians allege Jesus' supposed original name is spelled. However as we
can see, this name was transliterated into "Jeshua" by the early Biblical
writers and not "Jesus" or "Ieosus". Why then is Jesus the only
one named "Jesus" in the entirety of the Bible and, moreover, in the entirety of
any recorded history of his time? It is because his name was unique and neither
"Yeshua`" or "Yehushuwa`" were his name.

As we can see "Yehushuwa`" and
"Yeshua`" were not special or unique names, yet they were very common. However,
"Jesus" remains a name very unique to this Messianic character shrouded in
controversy. There is no historical record of Jesus being called by either of these names
in his lifetime. Even if "Yeshua`" were the name of Jesus it would completely
obliterate the Christian position that he was the "Savior" of mankind, since
this name does not mean "Savior" but means "He is saved". This would
further support the Muslim belief that Jesus was saved from the ignominy of crucifixion
and ascended up to heaven alive.

As can be seen here plainly, the name "Yeshua`"
means "Saved". Christian religionists attempt to
say this name means "Savior". This is scholastic guile and a statement made in
complete absence of even a basic understanding of the Biblical languages. If Jesus' name
was indeed, "Yeshua`" it would only support the historically sound theory that
Jesus' was not resurrected but survived the crucifixion. Thus, he would be true to this
name. However, as we have seen the likelihood that this was his name is extremely
thin.

Note: I deleted this
portion of the previous article for the sake of relevance and brevity. It dealt with other
usages of the word "yasha`" in the Old Testament. Click here to read this part
in the previous version. I did not feel it was necessary to go over so many examples of
this word in the Old Testament in Hebrew.

Similar to there being a complete absence of
any reference to Jesus in history as "Yahushuwa`", there is likewise, a complete
void of information linking Jesus to the name "Yeshua`" in his lifetime. The
Talmud was written between 300-600 A.D. Other commonly quoted books like the
"Toledoth Yeshua`" were satires written to defame Christianity as late as the
10th century A.D. nearly 1000 years after Jesus. Ironically, from the disparaging writings
against Jesus came the Arabic "Yesu`" as they are the only source for this name
being attributed to Jesus in the Middle East. The Christian world is left at a loss to
find a historical Jesus who fits the description given in their sadly sparse Biblical
sources.

IV. COULD HIS NAME
HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN "JESUS"?

Initially, I had
left out this part of the article in order to avoid blemishing the sensitivities of the
Christian reader. However, after much dialog and discussion after that first article, I
found it most necessary to share these historical accounts. I implore the Christian
readers to take no offense in this, and to simply take the facts as they are. I encourage
all to let this inspire them to research and check my sources. Let there be no doubt.

There remains a bitter dilemma for those who wish to assert that
"Jesus" has any relevance to what the historical figures name actually was.
Whether it was Yeshu` or Yeheshuwa` the Jews would have been forbidden to mention him by
name. Jewish law explicity forbids mentioning the name of criminals against God or
their deities.

"And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods neither let it be heard
out of they mouth." [Exodus 23:13]

Thus, in order to write about Jesus without mentioning his name and,
thereby, breaching the law; they wrote the acronym "Y'SHW" which stood for:

"Yemach
Shmo w'Zikro" meaning "May his name and memory be blotted out".

By this acronym he is mentioned in all early Jewish words regarding Jesus.
The Toledoth Yeshu which is dated to the 6th Century A.D. calls him by this name (among
other horrible allegations and epithets).

"It is no wonder that Jews considered the
Christian belief as simple idolatry and felt obligated to apply the Law in Exodus 23:13:
"Make no mention of the name of other Gods" to the name, Jesus. Naturally, the
name of one of the truest and best Jewish teachers had to be shunned."
[Jesus the Jew - The Historical Jesus, The True Story of Jesus, Moses Bazes, Jerusalem,
1979]

"...it may be assumed that this shortening of
the name was probably an intentional mutilation by cutting off part of it. The
rabbis mention other instances of the names of persons being shortened because of their
misconduct.." [Jesus in the Talmud, Jacob Lauterbach (Rabbinic Essays, Cincinnati,
1951, pp. 473-570),

From this abbreviated curse of "Yemach Shmo w'Zikro" (Y'SHW) the
Greeks hellenized the name to "Ieosus" which later was Anglicized to
"Jesus" by the King James' translators of the Bible. As shocking as the facts
are, all are encouraged to research this subject in detail.

Thus, if Jesus' name had been "Jesus", and had he indeed
proclaimed himself a literal "Son of God" and "God", then the Jews
would have never made mention of his actual name due to Exodus 23:13. Thus, by
hearing the Jews call Jesus "Y'SHW" and reading it in their writings, the Greeks
based their transliteration of his name based upon this sad and horrible insult to the
Messiah of the Jewish people. As it may be to the horror of many, mentioning the name
"Jesus" is to actually curse him. Therefore, it is impossible that his
name was ever Y'SHW-Ieosus-Jesus. For 2000 years the Messiah of the Jews has been
inadvertently recorded as a curse.

V. THE ARAMAIC
JESUS: WHAT IS JESUS' NAME IN THE LANGUAGE WHICH HE SPOKE?

Jesus and even the earliest Christians spoke
Aramaic. Much of the Old Testament, such as the Book of Daniel, was originally in Aramaic
though a large bulk of those codices are lost forever. Neither the Greek of the Textus
Receptus upon which the New Testament is based, nor the Hebrew of the standardized Tanach
upon which the Old Testament is loosely based were their native tongues.

"..portions
of the Old Testament books of Daniel and Ezra are written in Aramaic...Jesus and the
Apostles also spoke this language."

"In
the early Christian era, Aramaic divided into east and West varieties. West Aramaic
dialects includ Nabataean (formerly spoken in parts of Arabia), Palmyrene (spoken in
Palmyra, which was northeast of Damascus), Palestinian-Christian, and Judeo-Aramaic. West
Aramaic is still spoken in a small number of villages in Lebanon."
[Encyclopedia Britannica, Reference Index I, "Aramaic Language", page 476]

Jesus spoke Aramaic. Thus, the
New Testament would have to be dependent upon it. Much of the Old Testament was in Aramaic
as well, and the earliest Christian societies throughout Arabia from Palestine, to Syria,
to Nabataea spoke Aramaic. So what is Jesus' name in Aramaic?

"Eesho
M'sheekha" meaning "Jesus the Messiah".

- Syriac. Syriac is a late variant of Aramaic widespread in
Christendom, thus coined "Christian Aramaic". - Aramaic.
Taken directly from the "Peshitta". - Aramaic.
Peshitta; with diacritical marks.

The "Peshitta" is the Aramaic New
Testament and closely resembles the language of Jesus.

Thus, Jesus would have even called himself
"Eesho" or more specifically "Eesa" since the Northern Palestinian
Jews pronounced the letter "shin" as "seen". Interestingly enough we
find a few striking parallels in Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic which tell volumes and
uncover astounding facts.

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old
Testament states the following:

The Hebrew word
"`Esh" is by definition a bright northern star or stars in the Ursa Major
constellation. Ursa Major is translated into "Big Bear". More specifically heed
the note in the side margin which is displayed to the right. "Eesh" is also
a reference to "the constellation of the bear" which is the same Northern
constellation mentioned previously.

H.W.F. Gesenius goes on to illustrate the
collaborative relationship between the Hebrew word "`Esh" and the Arabic word
"`Aasa" and "`Essa" and defines this as "nightly watcher".
Immediately this begins to collaborate in great detail with the Qur'an. The Chapter
entitled "al-Taariq" meaning "The Nightly Visitant" states in verses
1-3:

"By the
Night and the Nightly Visitant. And what will be expounded to you regarding the Nightly
Visitant. It is a star of piercing brightness." [al-Qur'aan, Surat al-Taariq, 86:1-3]

Regarding Verse 3 of this
Chapter, the Master Qur'an interpreter, Imam Suyuti states in his book "al-Durr
al-Manthoor fee Tafseer al-Ma'thoor":

"And it has been narrated that Ibn
Jareer said, by the report of Mujaahid, about the verse: "It is a star of piercing
brightness" that this means the star of Pleiades." ["al-Durr al-Manthoor
fee Tafseer al-Ma'thoor", Jalal ad-Deen al-Suyuti, under "Surat al-Taariq"]

Thus, the Qur'an also refers to the star of
Pleiades of Taurus ("Thaur ath-Thurayyah") as a "nightly visitant".
The correlation is clear and the consistency between the Qur'an and early pre-Biblical
prophetic thought, as old as 2000 years before its compilation, is to its credit.

But what does the
"Star" have to do with Jesus?

First and foremost, it is probably one of the
most historically significant signs of the Messiah foretold.

"I shall see him, but not now: I shall
behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob,
and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel..." [Numbers 24:17]

"Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship
him." [Matthew 2:2]

Chapter 2 of Matthew details the Magi following the North Star in search
of the Jewish Messiah. It was the most well known sign of the Messiah.

The Hebrew word in this verse for
"Star" in this verse is "Kokab" . From this word "Kokab"
came the title "Kokhba" which was given unto Simeon bar-Koziba when he was
endorsed as the Messiah by the revolutionary Jewish Rabbi, Akiba ben-Yosef.

"Rabbi Akiba ben Joseph, a highly
esteemed teacher of the period,enthusiastically supported
the rebels and conferred the name Bar Kokhba (Son of the Star)
upon their leader. Akiba also hailed him as the Messiah."
[Encyclopedia Britannica, Reference Index V, page 872]

As Bar-Kokhba was falsely assumed as the
Messiah he was killed in battle against the Romans in the year 135 A.D. Regarding the
"Star" being the sign of the Messiah:

The Theological Word Book of the Old
Testament which is a compilation of entries from Brown-Driver-Briggs and Gesenius defines
"Kokab" as:
"1. star - a. of Messiah, brothers, youth, numerous
progeny, personification, God's omniscience."
[Theological Word Book of the Old Testament, Brown-Driver-Briggs, H.W.F. Gesenius]

Previously, there was an explanation to
Adam's name in reference to "blood". Though the information was valids, after
research, I concluded it was not strong enough as opposed to the explanation given below.

"And the
LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." [Genesis 2:7]

Noah - ("Noakh") from ("Nookh") - meaning "To Rest". His name
is explained to mean "rest" at the time of his birth in the following verse:
"And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort
us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD
hath cursed." [Genesis 5:29]

Isaac - ("Yitzhaq") - from ("Tzahaq") - meaning "to
laugh" or "he laughs". This name being chosen at the sime surrounding his
birth is seen in the following verse: "And I will bless her, and give thee a son also
of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall
be of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face and laughed,
and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and
shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear the a
son indeed; and thou shall call his name Isaac.." [Genesis 17:16-19]

Ishmael - ("Yishmaael") - from ("shama`") "to hear" and ("ale") "God" -
meaning "God heard". God announces that He has heard Abraham and his wife
Hagar's prayers and gives the name "Ishmael" to the baby, meaning that He had
heard their prayers.
"And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear
a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath
heard they affliction." [Genesis 16:11]

Moses - ("Moshe") - Meaning "Drawn out" since
Moses was "drawn out" from the river as a baby in the basket.
"And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her
son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew
him out of the water." [Exodus 2:10]

Each and every single Prophet has been named
in this way. However, when we come to Jesus' birth we find a puzzling contradiction and a
manipulation in the Gospels is exposed.

The Birth of Jesus: Contradictions and
Unfulfilled Prophecies

Jesus' birth is mentioned twice in the
Gospels in two dramatically different and contradictory accounts. Once in the Gospel of
Matthew and the other in the Gospel of Luke. The Gospels of Mark and John start with John
the Baptists' advent in Jesus' adulthood. Between the birth accounts of Matthew and Luke
we find a striking contradiction.

JESUS' BIRTH ACCORDING TO MATTHEW:

"And she shall bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this
was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his
name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us." [Matthew 1:21-23]

First of all, it is odd that no one is ever
recorded calling Jesus "Emmanuel" anywhere in the Bible. This was an attempt to
match Jesus to a supposed prophecy in Isaiah 7:14. The fact that this verse was in no way
a prophecy to the coming of Jesus is that the child called Emmanuel was born and referred
to immediately after this verse. Let us look at the context:

"Now it came to pass in the days of Ahaz
the son of Jotham... that Rezin king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of
Israel, went up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but could not prevail against
it." [Isaiah 7:1]

"Moreover
the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 'Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask
it either in the depth or in the height above.' But Ahaz said, "I will not
ask, nor will I test the Lord!" Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it
a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord
Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and
bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel." [Isaiah 7:10-14]

"Moreover the Lord
said to me, "Take a large scroll, and write on it with a man's pen concerning
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz..Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son.
Then the Lord said to me, "Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz;...He will pass
through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the
stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land,O
Immanuel." [Isaiah 8:1-8]

You don't have to be a Biblical scholar to
see, the figure of Immanuel was a sign promised to King Ahaz, then in the next chapter the
child was born, and then finally we even see that child later called "Immanuel".
Jesus was never called "Immanuel" or "Emmanuel" by any one at any time
in his life. All the readers are encouraged to read Isaiah 7-8 in order to see the context
of this incident. It has nothing to do with Jesus.

In spite of the fact that it has been proven
that Matthew did not author the "Gospel of Matthew", lets assume for the sake of
argument that he did write it. Are we to believe that Matthew, a close Apostle of Jesus,
so ill-informed regarding Old Testament prophecy? Historical scrutiny proves beyond a
shred of doubt that this was an attempt at scriptural manipulation by those not familiar
with Jewish scripture, culture, or prophecy.

JESUS' BIRTH ACCORDING TO LUKE:

"And, behold, thou
shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give
unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over
the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
[Luke 1:31-33]

Note the highlighted reference to the
"House of Jacob" which is a reference to Numbers 24:17 "There shall come a
star out of Jacob". This is in line with the Old Testament prophecies and corresponds
with what little historical documentation we have regarding the birth of Jesus.

The earliest account of the "Star of
Bethlehem" is made by the Bishop of the Church of Antiochia, Ignatius, in the early
2nd century A.D. In his letter to the Ephesians he writes:

"How was he revealed to the world? A star shone forth high above all the stars in the skies, whose
brilliance cannot be described and which was of a completely new type so that it
aroused an amazement." [Ignatius, Ad Ephesios, Chapter 19:7]

Thus it has been clearly demonstrated that
Jesus' name being "`Eesa" from the Arabic root "`Assa" and the Hebrew
root "`Esh" meaning "North Star" has far more credibility than a
reference to a name for which there is absolutely no congruence with Biblical prophecy or
historical evidence. By clinging to the erroneous names for Jesus, "Yeshua`" and
"Yahushuwa'", in order to force the idea of a Savior man-god, the Chrisitans
have laid doubt upon the very existence of Jesus. He was born as the Messiah, and was the
Star that came forth from the House of Jacob, and thus he was named "`Eesa"
named after the Star of the Messiah. "Yeshua`", "Yahushuwa`",
"Immanuel", "Emmanuel" are all the result of Christian arm twisting of
the Tanach to force it to say something that has no congruence with the Israelite
Messianic prophecies.

Here we see a word spelled yod, ayn, sheen, yod which is also very
similar to "`Eesa" which would be spelled in Hebrew ayn, yod, sheen,
yod. It is also spelled as yod, ayn, sheen, waw. This word means
"The one who was created by God". In the Bible there is another character with
this name who is called "Jaasau" in the Latinized Biblical texts. "Of the
sons of Bani; ...and Jaasau," [Ezra 10:37]

As is well known, Jesus was born of a Virgin in what is coined as the "immaculate
conception" in the Christian world. It is an important belief to which both
Christians and Muslims hold tenaciously. To deny this would bring into question the
validity of any Christian or Muslim. Thus, we have a word "Y`ashi" which
means "created by God". This would be in great accordance with a point found
only in the Qur'an:

And the similtude of Jesus before Allah is as that of Adam. He created him from dust and said to him 'Be', and he came to
be."
[al-Qur'aan,. Aal-`Imran, 3:59]

The Christians of the 7th century claimed that since Jesus had no father, God must have
been his father. Thus, to this claim the Qur'an presents the powerful argument that Adam
had no father or mother, thus Jesus having no father is no claim to divinity. Had
this been the case Adam would have been a greater god. Hence, the term "Ya`si"
or "Ya`su" from which an Arabic version of "`Eesa" could easily evolve
etymologically. By maintaining the same bilateral root, the integrity of the name would
have been preserved.

CONCLUSION

Thus, the Qur'an's historical accuracy in its
usage of "`Eesa" rather than the Arabic "Yesu`" for the name of Jesus
is indeed interesting to say the very least. As we have seen, "Y'SHW`" is
actually based upon a problemmatic and an ignoble Hebrew nomenclature for Jesus which is
littered with disagreement and controversy. For 2000 years Jesus has been recorded in
history under the cursed title "Y'SHW" from "Yemach Shmo w'Zikro"
("may his name and memory be wiped out).

Hebrew records have recorded certain figures
whose sparsely sentenced fragmented stories are somewhat similar to that of Jesus'
as Yeshua` but none as Yeheshu`ah. There is no historical evidence asserting that those
references are indeed referring to Jesus. There have been a plethora of explanations
attempting to rectify this variance in the Hebrew versions of Jesus' name, but all are
based on conjecture and none are based on historicity or textual evidence. Indeed, the
burden of proof is upon the Christian world to produce documented evidence of the
existence of a "Jesus" from his own time period.

The Qur'an was revealed over 600 years after
the ascent of Jesus, in far away Arabia where most of the Christians would have been
calling him "Yesu`" from the same "Y'SHW" found in their Christian
Biblical teachings which were sketchy at best. However, the Qur'an from which the Prophet
Muhammad was teaching, mentioned a Jewish Messiah, who performed brilliant miracles,
born of a pure virgin, who was named "`Eesa". The Arab Christians were familiar
with "Yesu`" whom they knew as their Lord and Savior. Had the Prophet (peace be
upon him) copied stories from the Jews and Christians, he would have also copied their
mistakes. However, the Israelite stories which are related in the Qur'an are strikingly
accurate historically and diverge from the Bible in the areas where the Judeo-Christian
scriptures err monumentally.

For The Prophet Muhammad , himself an unlettered and unschooled man, in far away Arabia to
have known the true name of Jesus, which was lost for hundreds of years to the world,
confirms what Allah states in the Qur'an:

"And We have sent down to you the Book
in truth, confirming the Scripture that came before it and rectifying
it. So judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and follow not their vain desires,
diverging away from the truth that has come to you..."
[al-Qur'aan, Surat al-Maa'idah, 5:48]

Jesus the Jew - The Historical Jesus, The True Story of Jesus, Moses
Bazes, Jerusalem, 1979

Important Note:

Jesus'
Original Name:

Prophet Jesus' original name was
Isa (eesa). Even in Latin,
it is Iesu, and in Greek it is Iesus.
In Arabic, it is Isa (eesa). It is
literally pronounced as Eesa in Arabic.
There is a great deal of evidence that Jesus
spoke and preached also in Arabic. Not
only that, but Greek wasn't even that popular in
Palestine.

What parts of the Bible and Hadiths
do Muslims believe are closest to
the Truth, and Why? [1]
[2]

Note to Muslims:

As Muslims, we must be very careful when we comment on the
previous Scriptures, because there is always a possibility that there might be
Divine Revelations parts in the verses that we might be objecting to. I
know that the many of the disbelievers constantly insult and mock Islam all the time, and even lie on their
own Scriptures with their
"End of
Times Prophecies" lies, -where they hijacked even the Bible with their
bigotry, hate
and lies, - but still dear brothers
and sisters in Islam, we must always be very careful when we deal with previous
Scriptures, because as Muslims we do believe that they do contain remnants of
Divine Revelations in them. May Allah Almighty forgive me, and forgive all sincere
Muslims, for any and all mistakes and errors that we may have fell into.
Ameen.

The Gospel Christ:

So, what was the Gospel of
Jesus Christ then, i.e., the Injil of Jesus Christ?
Even among Christians, this remains a mystery. But the
Didache; a Gospel which existed even before the
current Bible-Gospels (or canonized Gospels), contains a great deal of teachings
of Jesus Christ. The following points are important to always keep in
mind: (1)- No single Scripture, the Didache or any other Scripture, is 100% pure
and accurate. There are always forgeries and alterations. This is
the same with every single book and gospel. (2)- The Original Teachings of
Christ exist in Scriptures that are in the Bible and outside the Bible.

The Glorious
Quran declared 1,400 years ago that the Israeli Zionist machine
will rule the entire earth with mighty evil and power.
They will reach
"Mighty Heights"علوا كبيرا of evil
power and might on earth. See
Noble Verses 17:4-8:

Also, Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be
upon him, made a stunning prophecy about the one-eyed anti-Christ
who will rule the infidels and the world:

Narrated Ibn Umar:
"Once Allah's Apostle stood amongst the people,
glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and then
mentioned the Dajjal
(anti-Christ)
saying, "l warn you against him (i.e. the Dajjal) and
there was no prophet but warned his nation against him.
No doubt, Noah warned his nation against him but I tell
you about him something of
which
no prophet told his nation before me. You should know
that
he is one-eyed,
and Allah is
not one-eyed."
(Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number
553)"

Prophet
Muhammad had
many visions about the dajjal,
and gave many signs about him. Some of
the things the Prophet said about the dajjal
were literal, and some were
vision-metaphors. The most prominent
one is that he will be one-eyed. This
is both literal and metaphoric. It is
literal today because the
zionist anti-Christ system is
indeed represented by the
ONE-EYE symbol
as seen in the following images. The
metaphors here are Allah Almighty not being
ONE-EYED, because nothing can describe Allah
Almighty. There is
"none like unto Him"
(Quran, 112:4). In other words
also, the Prophet warned that this ONE-EYED
SATANIC system will be a worshiped deity.
And that false deity is not Allah Almighty. For ample more
details and proofs, please visit
link
below.

I also showed how
Jesus Christ,
from among many other verses,
used this
"right eye" expression.
So it was never a Sign about the dajjal before Islam.
It was no more than a general language of the Bible.

The Bible in many
verses uses "right hand" and "right eye" expressions for
people and for GOD Almighty.

None of these are
Signs to anything.

For ample
Noble Verses and Hadiths (Sayings of the Prophet), and proofs,
please visit:

Many
references of this Hadith (Saying) exist throughout our
Islamic Texts. This is one of the most popular
Hadiths and Prophecies of Prophet Muhammad, peace be
upon him. And indeed, we are seeing it come to
pass before our very eyes. Please also visit:

So, what was the Gospel of
Jesus Christ then, i.e., the Injil of Jesus Christ?
Even among Christians, this remains a mystery. But the
Didache; a Gospel which existed even before the
current Bible-Gospels (or canonized Gospels), contains a great deal of teachings
of Jesus Christ. The following points are important to always keep in
mind: (1)- No single Scripture, the Didache or any other Scripture, is 100% pure
and accurate. There are always forgeries and alterations. This is
the same with every single book and gospel. (2)- The Original Teachings of
Christ exist in Scriptures that are in the Bible and outside the Bible.

The Doubting Thomas:
Doubting Thomas said "My Lord and my God"
to Jesus. Yet, all believers were called "God", and Moses was
the "God" of the Believers, Aaron and Pharaoh:

Moses was called
"The God" (Exodus
7:1) of the Believers, Aaron and Pharaoh. Jesus said he was greater
than Moses. Thomas, the Disciple, called Jesus "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28).
Jesus denied to be GOD Almighty. All Believers were called
"GODS and Sons of GOD" (Psalm
82:6) in the Bible. "GOD" in the Bible also means master, leader,
priest. Therefore, the doubting Thomas' statement didn't suggest that
Jesus was his Creator. And Jesus being a "God" doesn't mean that he is GOD
Almighty. He is just another mere "God" like the rest of the believing
creations and nothing more.

The Bible also
says that Jesus had to be "in according to Melchizedek".
And who is
Melchizedek? According to the Bible, he
was the Jews' highest priest who had
"no father and no mother",
and
"no beginning and no end" (Genesis
14:18, Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6-10, Hebrews 7:1-20).
Jesus had to be similar and inline with him; another
proof that Jesus being "God" doesn't mean he is the
Creator of the Universe.

1- What does
"The Father"
really mean in the Bible? How is it defined
in Islam? (see
point #5 below) How does the Bible really define it?

2-
What does "Son of GOD"
really mean in the Bible?

3-
Jesus had to match
Melchizedek
in Miracles and Power, according to the New Testament.
See this
text-debate (*)
between me and a Christian. Jesus' Miracles and Miraculous
Birth and Nature were given to him because he needed to be
in according to Melchizedek. He had to be “in according to Melchizedek”
as the Bible specifically says. See
Genesis 14:18, Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6-10, Hebrews 7:1-20
[2].

Who is
Melchizedek?

According
to the Bible, he was the Jews' highest priest who had
"no father and no mother", and
"no
beginning and no end"(Genesis
14:18, Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6-10, Hebrews 7:1-20)
[2].
The Bible literally says that. Jesus had to be similar and
inline with him; another proof that Jesus being "God"
doesn't mean he is the Creator of the Universe.

Christians often quote the
following verses to prove that Islam is the Anti-Christ:

1 John 2
22 Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the
Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father
and the Son.
23 No one who
denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the
Father also.

5-
What does the Glorious Quran say about the
“Father” and
“Son” titles:

The Quran is
against the exaggerated and inflated meanings of the words,
which ultimately the polytheistic religion of trinity was born
out of.

Allah
Almighty Said: "And they say: "(God) Most
Gracious has begotten offspring." Glory to Him! they are (but)
servants raised
to honour. (The
Noble Quran, 21:26)"

"Allah Almighty has AHLEEN
(families)أهلين
from mankind.
They asked: "O Messenger of
Allah, who are they?" He said: They are the
People of
the Quran; the Family/People
of GODأهل
الله ,
and they are His Special Ones
خاصته."

Note:
Every Spoken Word from GOD Almighty is Quran,
even before Islam.

This is what we will be
called in Heaven, and Allah Almighty also
does recognize "Son of GOD" title in the
Glorious Quran, but Says that they are no
more than pious"....servants
raised to honour.
(The Noble Quran, 21:26)".
Nothing Divine about them except that they
exist with Allah Almighty Eternally in
Heaven. But as far as Divine Authority and
Power, all Divine Authority and Power belong
to Allah Almighty Alone and none else. You
can visit:

Iblis, who later became satan, used to be
from
AHLU ALLAHأهل الله
(Family of Allah) when he was a pious
Servant. But because he and his
followers disobeyed GOD Almighty, they were
cursed and kicked out of the COMMUNITY OF
GOD Almighty:

So it is quite possible that Allah Almighty
uses the WE to refer to Him and His Servants
that HE spoke with directly and Commanded
directly. But even in that case,
the WE still also means Allah Almighty Alone
(the Majestic
We), because Allah Almighty is theOne
and Only Decision Maker,
and there is none other besides Him.

I hope this helps,
insha'Allah.

Take care,Osama Abdallah

So people did
call each others “Son” and “Daughter” of “GOD”. But in all
reality, they are no more than Servants of GOD raised to honor.

Chronicles 20:7
Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land
before your people Israel and give it forever to the
descendants of Abraham your friend?

James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham
believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,"
and he was called God's friend.

So
being GOD
Almighty's "SON" in the Bible is equal to being
GOD Almighty's
"FRIEND". Now compare this to the following from
the Holy Quran:

[002:257]Allah is the friend (ولي)
and patron of those who believe. He brings
them out of the depths of darkness into light. While those
who do not believe, have the forces of evil as their
friends; they lead them out of light, into the very depths
of darkness. Such ones shall be the inmates of the fire.
They will stay there forever.

[003:122]
(And remember) when the two groups among you lost heart (and
almost fell out), even though Allah was their Friend
and Protector (وليهما)?
In Allah (alone), should the believers place their trust!

[004:125]
Who can be better in religion than one who submits his whole
self to God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the
true in Faith? For God did take Abraham for a friend
(خليلا).

So
the Bible's "FATHER" & "SON" for GOD Almighty and the
Believers is clearly metaphoric, and it only means that GOD
Almighty:1- Is the Protector.
2- Is the Friend.
3- Is the Guardian.

Also, BEGET = CHOSE.

King James Bible Psalm 2:7I will declare the decree: the LORD
hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I
begotten thee.

One
last important point: Nowhere in the Bible is Jesus
ever called "from the Seed of GOD"
or "the Seed of GOD". We
do have "Jesus is from the seed
of David"(Psalm
132:10-11, Romans 1:3).
But never from
GOD!

GOD
has no seed according to both the Bible and the Quran.

Therefore, the claim that Islam is the Anti-Christ is false.

So,
is Islam
the anti-Christ system according to
1john 2:22?
No it isn't.
Here are some Quran and Bible facts regarding "FATHER" and "SON"
in more details:

(a)-Allah Almighty is the
Believers' only Guardian (المولى):

See Noble Verses
8:40, 22:13, 22:78. In Arabic we say ولي الأمر
, which means "The Legal Guardian". المولى
is derived from the root word ولي .ولي
also means a chosen friend to Allah Almighty, as in the
following point.

Chronicles 20:7
Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before
your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of
Abraham your friend?

James 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he
was called God's friend.

So
being GOD Almighty's "SON" in the
Bible is equal to being GOD Almighty's "FRIEND".
Now compare this to the following from the Holy Quran:

[002:257]
Allah is the friend (ولي) and patron of those who believe.
He brings them out of the depths of darkness into light. While those
who do not believe, have the forces of evil as their friends; they
lead them out of light, into the very depths of darkness. Such ones
shall be the inmates of the fire. They will stay there forever.

[003:122] (And
remember) when the two groups among you lost heart (and almost fell
out), even though Allah was their Friend and Protector
(وليهما)?
In Allah (alone), should the believers place their trust!

[004:125] Who
can be better in religion than one who submits his whole self to
God, does good, and follows the way of Abraham the true in Faith?
For God did take Abraham for a friend
(خليلا).

So
the Bible's "FATHER" & "SON" for GOD Almighty and the Believers is
clearly metaphoric, and it only means that GOD Almighty:

1-
Is the Protector.
2- Is the Friend.
3- Is the Guardian.

Please visit the following link to further see what Words the
Glorious Quran uses for these words and definitions:

[007:144] (God)
said: "O
Moses! I have chosen thee
اصطفيتك above (other) men, by the mission I
(have given thee) and the words I (have spoken to thee): take then
the (revelation) which I give thee, and be of those who give
thanks."

[022:075]
God chooses
يصطفي messengers from angels and from men for
God is He Who hears and sees (all things).

‏22:75 الله يصطفي من الملائكة رسلا ومن الناس ان الله سميع بصير

[035:032]Then We have given the
Book for inheritance to such of Our Servants as
We have chosen
اصطفينا: but there are among them some who
wrong their own souls; some who follow a middle course; and some who
are, by God's leave, foremost in good deeds; that is the highest
Grace.

[038:047]They were, in Our sight,
truly, of the company of the
Elect
المصطفينand the Good.

‏38:47 وانهم عندنا لمن المصطفين الاخيار

[039:004]Had God wished to take
to Himself an (actual) son, He could have chosenلاصطفى
whom He pleased out of those whom He doth create: but Glory be to
Him! (He is above such things.) He is God, the One, the
Irresistible.

Jesus spelled it out clearly
that he knew NOT.
And as to calling GOD Almighty "Father", and that Islam denies that
GOD Almighty is an ACTUAL FATHER to anyone, in Islam GOD Almighty is
called:

1-
Rab - Lord, Father (you are the Rab of your home for being the
husband and the father).

2-
Wali - Guardian.

In
the old Aramaic and Hebrew, GOD Almighty was called
what-is-equivalent-to-Islam our Rab and Wali. But
that doesn't make GOD Almighty our actual Father. This is exactly
as Judaism metaphors such as
idolatry is equivalent to spiritual adultery. No Jew is
actually married to GOD Almighty to actually commit a personal
marriage-adultery against GOD Almighty! Yet, the Jews use metaphors
like these. Islam came to straighten all of this out and to set the
record straight that GOD Almighty has no son and no daughter.
Otherwise, why would GOD Almighty torture us to Hell if we were His
perfect sons and daughters?? No imperfect being could be an actual
son of GOD Almighty (and no being is the son or daughter of GOD
Almighty, period!):

[005:018](Both) the Jews and the
Christians say: "We are sons of God, and his beloved." Say: "Why
then doth He punish you for your sins? Nay, ye are
but men,- of the men he hath created: He forgiveth whom He pleaseth,
and He punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to God belongeth the dominion
of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between: and unto Him
is the final goal (of all)"

(d)- Let's
thoroughly look at the logical fallacy of this verse and its
corruption:

1-
" Who is the liar"?? Or should the text say who is the
one who disbelieves?

The text clearly suggests that the book was written by a mere
individual, whose emotions caused him to make a logical fallacy
in the text, hence he is not a genuine Messenger of GOD.

Furthermore, we don't see this
statement anywhere else throughout the Bible!
For such a serious statement to be truly from GOD Almighty, we
would expect it to at the very least exist
in any or all of the
four gospels. But it exists in none, and not
even in Paul's writings either. It only exists once in this
late epistle.

Furthermore, the Bible’s commentary regarding
1 John book say:

"1 John does not tell us who its author
is. The earliest identification of him comes from the church
fathers..."(From the NIV
Bible Commentary, page 1904)

"The letter is difficult to date
with precision...." (From the NIV
Bible Commentary, page 1905)

2- Also keep in mind that the 1 John
book contains forgeries. For example:

1 John 5:7 "For there are three that bear record in
heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these
three are one."This
verse was proven to be a forgery, and was removed from
all of the modern Bible translations.

6- Did you know that
Elohim is Allah [1,
*]
[2]
[3].
The "im" in Hebrew is a majestic plural for GOD Almighty.
The root Word is "Eloh". And the more original
Jews such as Yemenites and others say
Alohim or Alah-im. And when you yourself pronounce
it, you do naturally pronounce it with a
double "l": Allah. Jews do call Him: Allah-im.
Aramaic-speaking people also call GOD Almighty
Allah. See the following videos for Biblical references
and proofs. Also,
pre-Islamic Biblical archeological findings have GOD
Almighty as "Allah". So the Original Holy Name for GOD Almighty is
not Eloh. It is Allah!
Eloh is a Hebrew dialect, which not all Hebrew speakers use anyway.
Allah had always been the Original and Universal GOD Almighty even
before birth of Judaism, and the existence Hebrew. And Hebrew
is a developed language from Phoenician. See the following
links:

Prophet Jesus' original name was
Isa (eesa). Even in Latin,
it is Iesu, and in Greek it is Iesus.
In Arabic, it is Isa (eesa). It is
literally pronounced as Eesa in Arabic.
There is a great deal of evidence that Jesus
spoke and preached also in Arabic. Not
only that, but Greek wasn't even that popular in
Palestine.